Birds seen outside the harbour on the SOSSA Pelagic 22 July 2006
Christidis & Boles 2008 Taxonomy; numbers represented max. seen at any one time or maximum seen over the day.
Information provided by Graham Barwell
Wandering Albatross - many races gibsoni/antipodensis & dabbenena
Black-browed Albatross - many
Shy Albatross - 2
Grey-headed Albatross - 1
Yellow-nosed Albatross - many
Buller’s Albatross - 1
Southern Giant-Petrel - 1
Northern Giant-Petrel - 1
Cape Petrel - 5
Fairy Prion - many
Fluttering Shearwater - many
Hutton’s Shearwater - 1
Great-winged Petrel - 1
Providence Petrel - 2
Little Penguin - 1
Australasian Gannet - many
Australian Pelican - 2
Brown Skua - 3
White-fronted Tern - 1
Arctic Tern - 4
Crested Tern - many
Kelp Gull - 2
Silver Gull - many
23 species
Sooty Oystercatcher - 1